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PREFACE ix
I. EARLY HISTORY 1
II. THE OPENING OF JAPAN 13
III. EARLY WARSHIPS AND THE CIVIL WAR 21
IV. THE IMPERIAL NAVY 36
V. THE WAR WITH CHINA 101
VI. THE BATTLE OF YALU 115
VII. WEI-HAI-WEI 156
VIII. AFTER THE WAR WITH CHINA 168
IX. THE NEW PROGRAMME 218
X. THE JAPANESE DOCKYARDS 234
1. YOKOSUKA 234
2. TOKIO 236
3. KURÉ 237
4. SASSEBO 238
5. MAITZURU 241
XI. NAVAL HARBOURS 242
1. NAGASAKI 242
2. TAKESHIKI 244
3. OMINATO 245
4. KOBÉ 246
5. KURÉ 246
XII. THE MERCANTILE MARINE 249
XIII. THE JAPANESE ADMIRALTY 252
XIV. ENTRY AND TRAINING OF OFFICERS 257
XV. ENTRY AND TRAINING OF MEN 265
XVI. PAY, ETC. 267
XVII. FLAGS 275
XVIII. UNIFORMS, ETC. 276
XIX. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF OFFICERS 278
XX. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEN 303
XXI. MESSING 309
XXII. THE ARMAMENT AND EQUIPMENT OF THE FLEET 313
1. GUNS 313
2. GUNNERY ACCESSORIES 322
3. TORPEDOES 325
4. ARMOUR 329
5. ENGINES AND BOILERS 330
XXIII. OTHER NAVIES AS SEEN BY THE JAPANESE 337
XXIV. THE WAR WITH RUSSIA 340
APPENDICES—
OFFICIAL REPORTS, CHINO-JAPANESE WAR 359
LIST OF JAPANESE WARSHIPS 394
JAPANESE SHIP-NAMES (MEANINGS) 398
HISTORICAL SHIP-NAMES 402
A JAPANESE “AT HOME” 403
INDEX TO SUBJECT-MATTER 407